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Overview | Stage 1-Master Plan | Stage 2-Impact Assessment & Design | Stage 3-Monitoring
The Northern Gold Coast Beach Protection Strategy (NGCBPS) was initiated by Gold Coast City Council to provide a sustainable long-term coastal management solution for the Northern Gold Coast. The primary purpose of the project was to widen and protect the northern Gold Coast beaches from erosion in storm conditions. As this is a popular surfing area, the secondary objective was to improve the surfing amenity.
An innovative integrated sustainable strategy was developed by International Coastal Management [ICM] consisting of the following works:
ICM subsequently acted as Project Managers responsible for design studies, IAS [Impact Assessment Studies], final engineering design and implementation of the works using innovative large sand-filled geotextile containers. The impact studies included a cost-benefit study undertaken by Griffith Centre for Coastal Management [GCCM] and a comprehensive EMP [Environmental Management Plan] that was developed with GCCM. As part of the design studies, physical and numerical modeling was undertaken by Water Research Laboratory [University of NSW], Griffith Centre for Coastal Management and the University of Waikato. Extensive monitoring has been carried out. More Details. The strategy has successfully achieved all objectives maintaining a significantly increased storm buffer that has already been subject to a number of storm wave events (up to Hmax >13m) and improving surfing conditions. More Details.
Further Information
Executive Summary of Strategy Stage 2 - Impact Assessment and design studies
Stage 3 - Implementation & Monitoring
Download Narrowneck Video - Beach, Surf & Dive This file is 33MB. Download times will depend on connection speed.
The footage for this video has been provided by a number of organisations, Good footage by Ian Banks can also be found at www.divingthegoldcoast.com.au
Griffith Centre for Coastal Management Tide Predictions - Gold Coast Seaway
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mega sand filled geotextile containers used for construction of the reef have
proved to be a safe and economical construction material. The monitoring
has provided data to facilitate improvements to the geotextile materials and
container design. The non-woven Terrafix geotextile has also provided an
excellent substratum for 
